Improvement in trunks



PATENT OEEIcE.

LAZARE OANTEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,465, dated May 12, 1863.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, LA ZARE OANTEL, of the city and State of New York, have invented,

made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvementin Fastenin gs for Trunks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l'is an elevation of my fastening as applied with the trunk-lock. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of said fastening, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of said fastening in a form adapted to the sides and ends of trunks at points where locks are not required. l

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

ln Letters Patent granted to me December 20, 1853, a metallic frame for trunksis set forth, and t-he same is rendered waterproof by an elastic surf'ace upon a frame within this metal frame. In order to make the trunk perfectly watertight it is necessary that the surfaces at the joint should be compressed together with considerable force. When this is done, the trunk is rendered water-proof and may be used as a lifepreserver in cases of necessity.

The nature of my said invention consists in a screw and-.nut so applied to the lock or hasp of a trunk that compression of the surfaces at the joint of the trunk is obtained, whereby such joint can be made perfectly water tight.

In the drawings, a is a lock of any usual construction, hinged at b to the lid c of the trunk. I have shown the metallic edges or frames l and 2 upon the top and bottom edges of the trunk and cover, respectively, as in my patent before mentioned; and 3 3 are elastic surfaces upon wooden frames inside the edges of the trunk and lid. d is the eye or staple into which the bolt f of the lock a enters, and e is a portion of the trunk to which this eye or hasp is firmly attached. vA screw-rod, i, extends from the lower side of d, and has around it a nut, g, that can be rotated bya pin, 4, on

the end of the key, Fig. 4, being placed in holes in said nut. A portion of the lock-case projects, as seen at h, and incloses the staple or eye d, and an opening is found as at 5, so

that the under side of the nut g may bear upon it, and the guiding projection k protrudes through a slot in h. The length of the mortise taking the bolt f is sufficient to allow their lock to descend and draw the lid tightly down upon the upper edge of the box, and to effect this it is only necessary to screw down the nut g, which, acting against the edge of the mortise 5, causes thelock and the hollow projection h to descend, binding the surfaces of the joint firmly together. To release the lid it is necessary to screw the nut g upward and unlock the lock, when the lock and hasp or projection h can be turned on the hinge b, out ofthe way of the staple or stud d. The hasp l is formed on the same general plan as the hollow projection h at the side of the lock, and the staple or block m corresponds generally with d, and the action of the nut g and screw i is identical with that before mentioned. I prolong the slot n above the block m, and of a narrower width than said block, and form grooves in the sides of this block at 6, so that the edges of said slot, as the hasp is drawn down by the screw, enter these grooves and prevent the hasp being raised. To enable this hasp to be used as an ordinary catch, when the trunk is not screwed up as a lie-preserver, (for generally the trunk will be fitted to open and shut as usual without being screwed up each time,) l make use of a springcatch, 7, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, which catch takes a groove in the side of m; and 0 is a pin by which the spring p can be pushed back and the catch 7 withdrawn.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let' ters Patent, is-

1. The screwi and nut g, in combination with the hasp or lock attached to the trunk, and acting as specied,to keep the joint together and form a water-proof trunk, as specified.

2. The spring-catch 7 in combination with the said hasp L, block m, screw i, and nut g, for the purposes specified.

Dated-March 14, 1363.`

L. CANTEL.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SEEEELL, OHAs. H. SMITH. 

